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Roblox has booted paedophile hunter Schlep. Who's watching out for the kids now?

If you have kids who game you won't want to know, but will need to hear, that "paedophile hunting" is a booming genre of social media content.
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You need a credit card to verify your age on Steam in the UK, other payment cards won’t work

Steam’s credit card-only age check is a bad move for UK players. After all, not everyone has one.
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Hideo Kojima only plays "maybe one game a year" because "games take a lot of time" and "what's happening outside the game world is more important to me to incorporate into my game"

I won't" Drama Movies Hideo Kojima shares the secrets behind his movie reviews, and it's adorably low-key: a Notes app filled with thumbs up and heart emojis Games Hideo Kojima learned "so many ways ...

Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom

Opponents see a worrisome trend toward a less secure, less private and less free internet, where people can be denied access not just to pornography but news and health information.

Japanese mobile gaming in major decline as developers return to console games

The apparent decline of the mobile market in Japan could see the country’s games industry renew its interest in console games ...

Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response

The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO alleging ChatGPT coached the boy in planning and taking his own life.